diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/tegra_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/tegra_defconfig
index a27592d3b1fa..aa94369bdd0f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/tegra_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/tegra_defconfig
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND=y
 CONFIG_CPUFREQ_DT=y
 CONFIG_CPU_IDLE=y
+CONFIG_ARM_TEGRA_CPUIDLE=y
 CONFIG_VFP=y
 CONFIG_NEON=y
 CONFIG_TRUSTED_FOUNDATIONS=y